Loading...Last week, in the lead up to Christmas, I had a remote, live event, a back and forth with Roman Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin on the question of whether Jesus was actually born in Bethlehem. This was part of Paths in Biblical Studies, my online courses and events venue that is not directly connected with the blog; you can learn more about it on my website http://www.bartehrman.com. This particular event was one of our “Face to Face on the Bible series. It was not set up as a formal debate but a conversation. But we did have disagreements!
Jimmy has a highly unusual way of reconciling the birth narratives of Matthew and Luke. I naturally responded to it — I explained why I didn’t think it was plausible — but after it was over I realized that there was a killer argument that a forgot to mention. Ever do that? Come away from a disagreement and later say, “Ah, I should-a said that!!”?
The issue concerns the
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